About Us

Our church is a Southern Baptist church located in rural S.E. Oklahoma. We have around 200+ active members and serve a large rural community. Our pastor, Ed Rogers, has been at our church for more than 25 years. Since becoming our pastor in 1983, our church has relocated to the highway, and expanded its ministry and membership. Our church mission statement is: "Connecting People to God" and our prayer is others may come to Christ through the ministry outreach of these sermon notes.

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Who Needs a Messiah?

Messiah: THE Anointed One who will come and deliver His People - among all other things Messiah expected to do, ultimately - to DELIVER His People

Messiah = prophesied, expected, anticipated - at an all time high at Jesus' time.

Post resurrection message of the Apostles said that: 1) Messiah (Christ) has come and 2) He had delivered His people

BUT - not as expected!!!! Instead of delivering from a temporal, worldly oppressor (Rome), He has delivered from the UltimateOPPRESSOR, ie: SIN - Matt. 1:21 - (angel to Joseph)
Jesus means - God, the Lord saves.

#3. We can save our self - example: Evolutionary Ethics postulated back in 19th. century. We will get better and better and that goodness will then be passed on to future generations.
However, ultimately and finally, we can't save ourselves.

#4.Biblical View.......
Questions:A.) Who needs saving? - on one hand, only the lost'! Luke 19:10 (Matt. 9:12 - Jesus with sinners)
- however, Rom. 3:23 - it's all of us!

Point being: my preference = be delivered from the sins of others
My need = be delivered from OWN sins!!!

C) Can we save ourselves? - On one hand, we cannot save ourselves, however can allow ourselves to be saved!!! Acts 2:40 - can cross the bridge D) Who will He save?
On one hand, 1 John 2:2 However, Matt. 1:21 - "His people" - = all who will come to Him (the ones who have crossed the bridge, will take His name) - Heb. 7:25 Point being: Salvation = Hiswork plus our choice!!

E) What are we saved to? Short answer ... what we were (originally) created for!! Fellowship and relationship with Him.